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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 632627:
I've had both phones.....

The screen on the photon is very good, the qhd resolution makes text and pictures crisper than on the epic touch. However, I love the vivid colors on the samoled+ display and I like the extra real estate so I do prefer the epic touch screen overall. Both phones way better than evo3d and the photon really isn't too far behind the epic touch.

The epic touch is significantly snappier than the photon for general usage and web browsing, I dont do any game so can't comment on that.

Radio, both are good for me, I live in Los Angeles so I have always gotten excellent reception with all my sprint phones. 3g and call performance has been equal. GPS has been much better on the photon. 4g performance noticeably better on photon as well. Wifi equal.

For my needs, I prefer the epic touch. I had the original epic 4g and that phone was a piece of ****. I feel Samsung did a much better job with the epic touch. Fwiw I haven't had LoS yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bbedward:
No reason to get a photon unless its free.

Even my mom with an evo 4g finds the et4g better to hold. Mostly weight+thickness.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mikel719:
I gave my wife my photon and got the epic touch.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Futuredev.tjb:
Which do you think is better? What are the pros and cons of both?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rkstoops:
I haven't used the Photon but I'd argue that 4.5 isn't too big at all. I first got the Epic Touch for my wife who's 5 foot nothing with tiny hands and she loves it. Then I upgraded from my Epic and love the extra screen space. Don't waste your money on a Photon. This phone is amazing! It's by far the fastest Android phone I've seen and the screen is so beautiful, I have a hard time switching to my Galaxy Tab 10.1.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mikel719:
Photon has a really good radio, I got reception in places I didn't use to. The pentile display was only noticeable when was looking for it. It was a solid device. The only lag I had with it was a couple second lag after unlocking the lock screen. Only con when I gave to my wife was that the development was slow but it scenes to have picked up now.

The topic touch ok the other hand has a better screen imo, I like how thin it is even with a case on it. I don't have any reception problems. No los yet (knock on wood). The only problem I've ever had with the epic touch is I can't use youtube on 3g. It works on wifi but not 3g, its been like that for me on stock and calks rom.

In the end its all about what YOU want in a phone. Do you want good reception with a webtop experience it do you want a nice screen with lots of mods to choose from? What ever one mets your needs should be the one you get. Obviously enough for me it was the epic touch. Good luck man.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] coldblooded79:
Photon's signal strength is better and its speaker is louder. Epic touch is faster and has a better screen(but lower Res) and camera. Remember though if you want to flash custom kernels with a regular cwm recovery on the Photon , unlocking the bootloader breaks 4g. I had both phones. The Photon is a great phone, but the Touch is even better. You can pick up the Photon for less though. My bro got one for 49 at BB, compared to the Touch for 199. Both are cheaper online.

sent from my Epic 4g Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] F3L1XZS:
Epic 4G Touch all the way. No problems with LOS here, and I live next to the Everglades where usually it's 1-2 bars for ALL carriers, yet my texts are always nice and fast, but the 3G speeds are slow here, not in the more urban areas, but again, that's Sprint's fault lol.

I'm not a fan of big phones, but the difference in size of the photon and the Touch is a few mm, the display just takes up a larger part of the screen.

LoS is mostly on rooted devices, so if you plan on running stock like me, you won't have much problem as 9/10 times,a Touch with LoS is rooted and running something other than stock kernel.

And just incase you do get LoS, it's much better than a laggy, random rebooting phone, and there will eventually be a fix.

Plus, battery life is amazing.

And it's $100 at the Target Mobile Store last time I checked, so no brainer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] radrian92:
Webtop. Nuff said. In a year y'all are gonna have huge mp3 players while I surf the web on my photon :). 'Course I'll probably have the latest gadget ;) by then.
[Gen8 General] chiasticslide:
Following the instructions here, I attempted to install Ubuntu 10.10 on my Archos 70 running Urukdroid 1.5. I'm running it through the terminal emulator and not ADB. When I attempt to run ubuntu.sh I get a lot of errors, and then bootubuntu fails to work.

sh output:

mount: /system not mounted already, or bad option
FATAL: module ext2 not found.
TERM environment variable not set.
mkdir: cannot create directory '/data/local/mnt': File exists
TERM environment variable not set.
rm: invalid option -- '/'
Try 'rm --help' for more information.
cd: 26: can't cd to /sdcard/ubuntu
chmod: changing permissions of 'bootubuntu': Operation not permitted
(errors for all the other chmods as well)
TERM environment variable not set.

(Ubuntu Chroot Bootloader v0.1, etc.)

And naturally bootubuntu generates a big pile of errors as well. Any suggestions?
[Gen8 General] FrEcP:
There are 3 leethal messages:

I'm not sure about the ext2 message - can't imagine that UD has no ext2 module - need to check it out myself...

"TERM environment variable not set." is obvious - means there is some (TERM) environment variable missing wich is propably set when use adb?!?!

As the variable is used in each command after the error - they fail ... so the folders that should be created or removed propably have the variable in its structure and should sound a bit different...

hard to tell from here need the script - downloading atm - but takes ages ;)

cd: 26: can't cd to /sdcard/ubuntu sounds a bit strange too but again it seems that u can acces sdcar with /sdcard from adb but on UD runtime its mounted /mnt/storage/sdcard...

So either you try to fix those lines in the scriptand find it out - or try follow they guide - and use adb
[Gen8 General] chiasticslide:
Well, I decided to redownload the Ubuntu image and try again. This time it went off without a hitch; I guess I had some file corruption in the first download. But now I've done the essential steps (apt-get updates, setting up LXDE environment and VNC server) and when I try to connect to the VNC host I just get a gray screen with an "x" shaped cursor and nothing else.
[Gen8 General] old_pocket:
Same here. X-Server seems to start (grey background, x-shaped cursor), but nothing else. Tried the 2 versions of the xstartup (with, and without the last 2 lines), no change. I had to increase the portnumber with every reboot (working with pocketcloud to connect to the vnc server).
[Gen8 General] devwithzachary:
hi guys, this seems to be a problem some people are having with the new 10.10 build, the problem is I cant seem to replicate the problem.

I would recommend trying a fresh ubuntu image without install lxde or the fixes, ie just boot into vncserver.

If this dosnt work then try installing lxde and adding the lines to the xstartup to makesure it uses that desktop.

Thanks
[Gen8 General] jfmcbrayer:
I'm having (unrelated, probably) problems running this on the stock ROM with Chulri's r/w root. I am unable to mount the provided image (or any loopback filesystem, for that matter), whether from the script, or manually from a root shell prompt.

It appears that the stock kernel does not include a loop device driver (built-in, or as module), as there's no 'loop' directory under /sys/module/ and no loop.ko under /lib/modules. The installed busybox is also lacking losetup and chroot, but that's almost beside the point.

To deal with this, I've built a fixed busybox, which works fine, and a custom kernel using Chulri's buildroot, which doesn't, so much. I've built custom kernels for the Archos 70 before, to add compcache and the interactive CPU governor, and they've worked fine. But in this case, I make sure CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is set to 'y' in linux.config/.config, but after flashing the kernel and rebooting, there still seems to be no loop driver (no loop directory under /sys/module -- it should show up even when compiled-in, which it does on my Fedora desktop). Needless to say, this confuses me, and it's where I stopped working on it.

Has anyone got this working on a Gen8 Archos tablet without Urukdroid?
[Gen8 General] devwithzachary:
It would seem that loop devices only works well on the Urukdroid rom, so for now if you want ubuntu you will have to use this
[Xoom Themes and Apps] innisdb:
Can someone upload the American express for Android tablet app apk?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] wmstwo002:
It's in the Market, but here ya go.......

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11633523/com.americanexpress.android.tabletapp.us-2.apk
[Xoom Themes and Apps] shambula:
Would someone upload the phone version as well please?

I'm in the UK with an Irish phone but need US apk? I've tried

faking the carrier id minus SIM card to no avail.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mikelav456:
I too am in need of this app as it shows as incompatible with my device, though I have a nook color. Your link doesn't seem to be working. Can you re-upload please?

Thanks!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] tehgeekguy:
Here's the latest phone and tablet apk's for Amex, as of today.

Amex for Phone (2.7)

http://db.tt/esdVkUoG

Amex for Tablet (1.2)

http://db.tt/XZVB3Gfu
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mikelav456:
Thanks! Gonna try this now!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] artis123:
could someone please upload uk version?
[LG Thrill 4G] rdannar:
Try this at your own risk

Your phone must be rooted before installing (use super one click)

Download recovery.img and put it on your internal storage card NOT the removable one.​

Download a terminal program from the android market

Open terminal on phone and type

su​

Then hit enter (a superuser prompt will pop up, hit allow)

Then back up by typing this into the terminal apk on your phone

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p6.backup bs=4096​

Then hit enter

Then put it on phone by typing this into the terminal apk on your phone

dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 bs=4096​

Then hit enter

If you accidentally put it on your external sdcard than type this into terminal apk

dd if=/sdcard/_ExternalSD/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 bs=4096​

Then hit enter

Thats it, post if this helps. :D
[LG Thrill 4G] mugenex:
Your tutorials look easiest, but will it work? Have it work for you?. Thank btw
[LG Thrill 4G] rdannar:
When I did it I used root explorer and put it in data. But it should work from anywhere, All you have to do is know where it is at on phone and enter correct path in command.
[LG Thrill 4G] mugenex:
is the terminal u r referring is terminal emulator? i used terminal emulator, it said denied. when you said "It" do you mean the recovery.img?
[LG Thrill 4G] rdannar:
Did you give terminal superuser privs. Type su and hit enter
[LG Thrill 4G] mugenex:
got it.. thank you...
[LG Thrill 4G] Urabewe:
Good looking out rdannar, I never even thought to just use terminal. Should be much easier for people.

...fighting ninjas at night, talkin' about this and that.
[LG Thrill 4G] thephoneguyusa:
this method works like a charm! Highly recommended if you want a simple cwm solution.
[LG Thrill 4G] Urabewe:
Well hopefully now more people can get cwm installed and try out some roms. Looking forward to seeing more activity in the forum.

...fighting ninjas at night, talkin' about this and that.
[LG Thrill 4G] Trekfan422991:
wow i feel like an idiot now. It makes so much sense. And i use root explorer and terminal commands all the time. Haha i guess its cause i already have cwm i never thought of it. Lol

Sent from my LG Thrill OC'd
[LG Thrill 4G] rdannar:
I feel bad that i didnt post this sooner. I tried to tell people but i dont think people got what i was saying.
[LG Thrill 4G] rdannar:
updated op for complete and easy installation
[LG Thrill 4G] Urabewe:
Again good job rdannar I agree this should be a sticky easiest way to install for our phone. Now those that have been trying the adb method with no luck can finally get some rom goodness.

...fighting ninjas at night, talkin' about this and that.
[LG Thrill 4G] tyroneballz:
any easy way???
[LG Thrill 4G] stonyperson2:
Got it. thank you.
[LG Thrill 4G] kiltedthrower:
Ummm...did you read the instructions? It's not much easier than downloading an app and typing in a couple lines.

The only thing easier would be 1 click or flash. 1 click is supposedly on its way.
[LG Thrill 4G] dcmcc99:
Install Rom Manager from the market and flash the Optimus 3D recovery from it. I can confirm this works using my Thrill running stock GB.

EDIT: This works on Gingerbread only. Sorry for the confusion.
[LG Thrill 4G] tyroneballz:
I did with rom manager but when i reboot into recovery mi first thing that i see is this message: wipe user data, this can not be undone and i put no then i just get reboot system now and wipe some thing no more, recovery doesn't have things like install SD, advanced, or power of, why this happened?
[LG Thrill 4G] dcmcc99:
Did you flash recovery from Rom Manager?
[LG Thrill 4G] Urabewe:
Are you on GB or froyo? Rom manager will only work on GB not froyo. If you want to install cwm on froyo use the method in first post

...fighting ninjas at night, talkin' about this and that.
[LG Thrill 4G] tyroneballz:
On froyo i have to do anyway with the method first

---------- Post added at 11:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:14 PM ----------

Yes, i did
[LG Thrill 4G] dcmcc99:
Sorry for the confusion. Rom Manager will only flash recovery on Gingerbread.
[LG Thrill 4G] tyroneballz:
No problem i will flash with the first post i hope that everything works
[LG Thrill 4G] pumasmedina7:
I need im havi.g problems im getting no such file exist i dowloaded the recovery straight from the phone do i have to extract some files from the computer
[LG Thrill 4G] dcmcc99:
If you downloaded right from your phone, take the recovery.img from the downloads folder, or wherever it was downloaded to, and place it in /sdcard
[LG Thrill 4G] pumasmedina7:
Its on my sd card
[LG Thrill 4G] rdannar:
It is not on your sdcard... it is on your download folder on your sdcard. Use any file explorer and take it out of the folder and put it on sdcard
[LG Thrill 4G] bedwa:
We need to sit down, make a thread with all useful threads in it to be stickied. In addition, I can sit down on my home computer and netbook and make a script *.bat and .sh for windows and Linux for this process. The only prerequisite would be to have adb PREinstalled.
[LG Thrill 4G] rdannar:
That would be great but most peoples problem was installing adb thats why I came up with this way.. The more options the better though.
[LG Thrill 4G] mugenex:
Rdannar is the easiest way. Everything is on the first page. Thank again, Rdannar
[LG Thrill 4G] tyroneballz:
I agree this is a very very very easy way, i did it and i got it thank you so much, it is the most nice one way
[LG Thrill 4G] sexykika:
thanks for the thread finnaly got cwmr to boot up on my thrill
[LG Thrill 4G] bigalfry87:
Worked like a charm! Thanks!
[LG Thrill 4G] achang9523:
tried this and the one click and still cant get recovery to boot up. i hit boot into recovery in cwm n it just boots up regular...wat am i doing wrong?
[LG Thrill 4G] hoskopico:
Once you install this you gotta power phone off then press/hold vol dn, 3d button and press power till lg animation shows up then release all
[LG Thrill 4G] jeffsmith01:
Just as easy as ADB in my opinion, but if you want to do it all on the phone this works great! Thanks!
[LG Thrill 4G] malebornin69:
awesome worked first time no issues .....thank you
[LG Thrill 4G] TJj33p3rz:
Just picked this phone up and wanting to flash roms.This install for recovery worked great,thanks again it is fool proof ;)
[LG Thrill 4G] DJTJ:
Terminal Emulator isnt prompting for superuser access, but when I type SU, it doesn't have permission. any ideas?
[LG Thrill 4G] rydeN-:
You forgot to edit the permissions.

Go get Root Explorer and enable all permissions and then try again.

Sent from a Doomed Optimus 3D
[LG Thrill 4G] DJTJ:
Got it...needed a restart
[LG Thrill 4G] J_HaX:
all of the commands went through but my phone still wont back up the rom or reboot into recovery manually or through RM
[LG Thrill 4G] J_HaX:
all commands go through but still nothing. cant back up rom from RM cant boot into recovery from RM or manually...:confused:

sorry for posting twice an hour went by before the other showed up and when i did the regular reply then both showed up

---------- Post added at 11:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:27 AM ----------

nevermind i did a factory restore, re did the process and it worked THANKS!!
[LG Thrill 4G] rydeN-:
It needs to be done manually the first time!

Sent from a Doomed Optimus 3D
[LG Thrill 4G] Jessejess87:
I have a quick question. I just got my new LG thrill from my warranty. The reason was because I tried using the terminal emulator before with the recovery.img on my SD card. When I powered off my phone and tried to power back off it was bricked. The terminal emulator was still running when I powered off my phone. I don't know what I did wrong. Now I'm scared to try using this again.
[LG Thrill 4G] cougargt:
If you still have a bone stock thrill could you post all the info any about phone section.
[LG Thrill 4G] Kentthegreet:
Thanks, author rdannar but you forget to mention to restart the phone with Vol-+ 3D button + power. Took me some time to figure it out until I read sir hoskopico's post. Sorry another newbie here :)

I have a question. How can I reverse the CWM install process? Back to original bootloader if I need an LG warranty? TIA
[LG Thrill 4G] hoskopico:
Thats from the guide return to stock

Thrill 4g on O3D
[LG Thrill 4G] WattB006:
Thanks for the how to!! I was having an issue getting the su command to work but after I went into the keyboard setting and turned off Auto Cap it worked like a charm.
[LG Thrill 4G] CallMeAria:
This method is no longer required. All that is required for cwm is to install Rom manager from the market and choose the p920 recovery. Even has the touch recovery now.
[LG Thrill 4G] WattB006:
Thank you for the info. I just installed it through ROM manager.
[LG Thrill 4G] meeshvl:
Uhm, I accidentally pressed menu after typing the two lines, and shut off my phone. But it won't turn on anymore. :crying: I think it's bricked!
[LG Thrill 4G] navroza:
thank you man my phone got bricked and i have black screen when android boots
[Off-topic] magus57:
Seems like hardware/feature-wise, the E7 has the G2 beat by a lot (HDMI out, front-facing camera, USB OTG, 4" AMOLED screen, Bluetooth 3.0, much better back camera, FM radio, penta-band 3G, about 10g lighter). I've heard the keyboard is better too.

However, I keep hearing that even with the Symbian Anna update, Android has it beat. That, and the EDoF camera on the E7 makes close-up shots impossible apparently.

I do intend on getting an Honeycomb/ICS Android tablet (probably 7", maybe 10"), so the phone lacking apps is no problem for me - I don't ever really need any Android apps on the go, and if it really comes to it, I wouldn't mind bringing the tablet.

I don't care about CPU/GPU/etc. specs in the end, though - as long as it can do phone calls, texts, pictures, and web browsing (Flash unnecessary) without lagging/freezing often, then it's good enough for me. Is the E7 smooth/powerful enough for that at least? I don't game at all on the phone, so I don't care about that. High-res videos don't matter much to me either.

I can't think of any other phone I'd want to switch to, considering I'm looking both for penta-band 3G and physical QWERTY.
[Off-topic] negrobembon:
The e7 might be more than what u actually need, also the other one so go for the coolest looking
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echo.shane:
does any one knows where i can find price gun app for android so i can quickly scan the price and it adds to the calculator?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acerulz:
i think u shud check on 4shareddotcom that dot means(.) ok or 2shareddotcom (.) if possible u might get there or pandaappdotcom for android !!
[Off-topic] negrobembon:
6 times this week ive been asked if my phone is a blackberry(i think u all know what my phone is)

Worst of all, i just got out from my carriers store and the clerk asked me about my blackberry

Frickin backwater town
[Off-topic] huggs:
Tat's ok, I don't know how many times Ive been asked what kind of iPhone my HD2 is.

Doesn't happen as much now that more people have smartphones, but when I first got it, people asked me quite a bit.
[Off-topic] Kailkti:
Well you can't expect someone to teach you what they don't know right?
[Off-topic] negrobembon:
Yes but its still fail when my phone has words sony ericsson xperia written all over
[Off-topic] Kailkti:
Illiteracy is a wide spread problem in these parts of the world my friend.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DirtyPISTOLA:
I just ordered the G2x tonight on a black Friday deal for free from t mobile, very excited to get this phone. im coming from the Samsung galaxy s which is a great phone but my techie needs cry out for a duel core processor. anyways I hope to be seeing you all around the forums in about 4 days when it comes in the mail & also its nice to see a familiar face around here krylon360 has done great things with the sgs4g and his rom will be the first on my phone once rooted anyways hope you all had a great thanksgiving.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] albertorodast2007:
Maybe ur already aware of this... but its not bad to refresh it...

To do list:

1. NVFLASH CWM!! There are some neat guides at the dev forum.

2. Make your first backup and save it on ur PC.

3. Choose ur favorite ROM flavor, sprinkle it with a custom kernel and enjoy!

A good start can be a stock rom like whitehawk's weapon x 2.3.3 or jboxers 2.3.4 roms, rock solid (although 2.3.4 roms lack of source so there are no custom kernels for now)

But if u feel more experimented you should choose CM7 or miui... recent nightlies are quite stable...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DirtyPISTOLA:
Cool thanks for the great advice I appriciate it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] player911:
+1

Weapon would be my first choice to start with. Then MIUI or CM7.

Once you do MIUI or CM7 you'll never go back.

G2x - 2.3.7 CM7

Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV
[T-Mobile LG G2x] renocivik:
Tried miui for the first time yesterday... its sick... krylons rom is alright... but hasn't been updated at all... so I agree with weapon or cm or miui... latest miui is on rootz by whitehawkx
[T-Mobile LG G2x] TJj33p3rz:
I had trouble with Weapons my wifi and data alone was really slow,no clue why I hear great things about it.Plus I had to use stock message to send pics and was really slow.I went with Eaglesblood pretty fast wifi and data is amazing along with fast pic sending.I could use gosms too which I like using.

dirtyPISTOLA you'll love this phone ;)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] littlecarlos:
Once you use miui you'll never go back lol everything work great and there so many theme is the best im useing the latest rom whitehawkx ported over very stable. with the faux123 0.4.4 kernel.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] SefEXE:
Hail to the King, baby!...

But anyways, welcome! Glad to have you aboard, its a great time to have a G2x! CM7, Eaglesblood, Weapon, MIUI... the stock ports of LG roms and even the in-progress ICS port! Just to name... a few, hahaha.

Faux's kernel is .4.5 now btw :D
[Off-topic] kush815:
Hey guys .. does anyone know the website to the music wizard app ... I've tried downloading the apk from a lot of other websites but when I open the app and search a song it says error and I have to foreclose the app ... Thanks in advance